Meizodon
| Meizodon | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Colubrinae |
| Genus: | Meizodon Fischer, 1856[1] |
| Species | |
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Five recognized species, see article. | |
Meizodon is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The genus Meizodon contains five species, all of which are poorly known and are endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa.[2]
Species list
- Meizodon coronatus (Schlegel, 1837) - western crowned snake
- Meizodon krameri Schätti, 1985 - Tana Delta smooth snake
- Meizodon plumbiceps (Boettger, 1893) - black-headed smooth snake
- Meizodon regularis Fischer, 1856 - eastern crowned smooth snake
- Meizodon semiornatus (W. Peters, 1854) - semiornate smooth snake, semiornate snake
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Meizodon.
Etymology
The specific name, krameri, is in honor of Swiss herpetologist Eugen Kramer (1921-2004).[3]
References
- ^ "Meizodon ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Serpentes/colubroidea/colubridae/colubrinae.
- ^ "Meizodon ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Meizodon krameri, p. 146).
Further reading
- Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Genus Meizodon, p. 93).
- Fischer JG (1856). "Neue Schlangen des Hamburgischen Naturhistorischen Museums ". Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften 3 (4): 79-116. (Meizodon, new genus, p. 112). (in German).